THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 14 
196 
SELLINO YOUNG CHICKS. 
A business that seems to find a lively 
demand among the busy farmers wher¬ 
ever started is that of furnishing newly 
hatched chicks direct from the incubator 
to the customer. A girl or woman who 
understands incubators and hatching, or 
who is painstaking and persevering 
enough to learn can earn some spending 
money in this way. Six cents per chick 
for ordinary farm stock, delivered at 
operator’s home, 24 hours after the hatch 
is over, is none too much to allow a mar¬ 
gin to cover possible bad hatches, and 
egg prices wliich may range from 12 to 
20 cents per dozen. For purebred and 
fancy stock the price must be much 
liigher of course. Value of stock, de¬ 
mand and egg prices must necessarily 
govern prices in different localities. 
Eggs are also taken in to hatch for oth¬ 
ers at four or five cents per chick, but 
this is apt to be unsatisfactory, as the 
average man does not understand feed¬ 
ing and caring for a flock of hens so as 
to produce fertile eggs, and is, moreover, 
likely to feel injured if your incubator 
does not hatch his hundred or more 
eggs at the same rate as the hen who 
steals her nest and hatches every egg. 
The first requisites of success are a 
good incubator and good eggs. Neither 
can make up for the lack of the other. 
Having used both a cheap machine and 
a high-priced one, 1 know whereof 1 
speak when I say that the high-grade 
machine is much the cheaper, making 
the success of the “greenhorn” far more 
certain. The “no moisture” machines, 
espe(;ially, are a comfort to the ama¬ 
teur. Do not get too small a machine 
(not less than 200-egg size) for custom 
work. Personally, 1 have found both 
the 360-egg and the 220-egg sizes of the 
Cyphers indispensable, in the 360-egg 
size, the trays when filled are too heavy 
for a woman to handle, but two home¬ 
made stands on castors and with re¬ 
volving tops entirely did away with that 
difficulty, and now 1 would not exchange 
it for a smaller machine, for it burns 
but little more oil and makes profits 
faster for the work expended. 
By good eggs 1 mean those from 
healthy stock, properly mated, given ex¬ 
ercise, green feed, meat, etc., or else out 
on range. A safe rule for the amateur 
is to use no eggs until the hens have 
been to the ground for a week or more, 
and then only if they have had the above 
mentioned feed for at least a short time 
previous. Greatest care is needed in 
early Spring, when the eggs must be 
gathered without chilling, given espe¬ 
cial packing to carry over rough roads, 
kept where the temperature will not go 
below 40 degrees, nor get too much above 
it Eggs not over a week or 10 days old 
are better than tliose older, if saved 
more than a week they should be turned 
every day. If you cannot produce your 
own eggs try to get them from a flock 
that has been given proper care, even if 
it costs you a little more, and of course 
select the best shaped eggs witn good 
shells, of normal size and shape. If the 
business is new in your vicinity and you 
have hens that will sit and have the 
knack of keeping the biddies serene 
three weeks at a time, it may be well to 
experiment a little with selling hen- 
hatched chicks first, for in this as in 
other poultry work, experience comes 
cheapest in small quantities. 
In everything give close attention to 
details; making of nests and keeping 
the hens free from lice if you use hens; 
filling and trimming lamps, turning eggs, 
care of eggs, etc., if you use a machine. 
Above all study carefully and follow ex¬ 
actly the directions that come with your 
machine. Learn all you can of general 
principles from the successful operators 
you know, but use judgment about ap¬ 
plying to your machine directions that 
are made for one that is widely differ¬ 
ent in construction. In other words go 
first of all by your directions, and think, 
study and observe for yourself all the 
time. After you have gained some ex¬ 
perience it will do to try some experi¬ 
ments, but at first stick to the book. 
Build up a reputation for sending out 
good healthy chicks, and for fair and 
honorable dealing. It will cost more at 
first, but it is worth while. Last of all, 
do not let your failures daunt you, nor 
your successes make you careless and 
overconfident. h. m. l. 
To Kim. Geums of Roup.—I have used 
with good results a spray of bichloride 
of mercury, strength one to 500. The 
walls and ceiling were first swept off. 
The floor, which was of earth, was dug 
up six to eight inches deep. This was 
soaked with the disinfectant, then 
hauled away. Then the whole building 
was thoroughly sprayed, care being 
taken to have the spray go into every 
crack and crevice. Afterwards dry fresh 
earth was put into the building to take 
the place of the old dirt removed. The 
outside yards were covered with air- 
slaked lime. The bichloride of mercury 
must be thoroughly dissolved. I believe 
a strong solution of carbolic acid would 
answer the same purpose. 
Utah Exp. Station, james ukyden. 
THE IMPROVED 
WASSON SWING STANCHION 
IT STANDS AT THE TIE AD. 
Stationary when open. Easy of UiJoration, Durable 
and Cleanly. Satisfaction guaranteed. For informa¬ 
tion address S. C. SWIFT, Sec’y. Cuba, N. Y. 
CURES 
KILLS 
DESTROYS 
Mange 
Itch 
Cuts 
Scratches 
Sores 
Lice 
and other 
parasiWs 
Odors 
Smells 
Fumes 
on 
Cattle 
Sheep 
Hops 
Poultry 
Horses 
ill 
Harus 
and houses 
Oue gallon costs SL.'iO Booklet on request 
WE.ST DISINFECTINC COMPANY 
4 East .59th Street, New York 
^BLATCHFORD’S 
/calf meal 
THE MILK SUBSTITUTE 
^There i 
Ad( 
'There is nothing like it to raise thrifty 
rsey Calves." 
ASA B. OARDNER, Eaa.. OLtMCOr, 
^Address, BUTCHFORD’S CALF MEAL 
WAUKEGAN, ILU 
o thrifty 
NCOE, 
OssuA DmSmI Dill* luBtcad of using Metal 
VflVw I flini Dills Kooflug,which requires 
painting every 
two years, use 
Arrow Brand 
Asphalt 
Ready Roofing, 
already sur¬ 
faced with gravel, and which needs no painting. 
ASPHALT READY ROOFING CO. send for free 
136 Water St.. New York. samples. 
f 
E N S L AY 
WdgfvB 10 d^i* fr«e trlAl.co monej in ft<lT&nee,on 
Mann’s New Model Bone Cutter. 
fou prove OD your own premiiet tbntlt tame eeeier ftnd 
•ute fMter thnn nny other. Cetnlogue free. 
F. W. HANK CO., BOX 15, MILFORD, MASS, 
MORE EGGS-LESSFEED 
OPEN HOPPER. 
tireen Bone and null am 
T egetable tlUllBr 
win double your ^ rleld aod out your feed 
bill In half. OuamnteM to out efteler end fneter 
than any other. Trial offer and catalogue free. 
UUMPHRET A 80N8, Box 88, Collet, III. 
Humphrey 
I TH I inC HKNS and CHICKS. 
I U Llwk G4-page book FREE. 
r T A -a a T> v/iT"* fn I* __ Ofnv A__ _ __ T» T m 
POULTRY BOOK 
My 1903 catalogue. Elegant In illustration, full 
of practical hints, describes 66 breeds of prize 
winners. Iiow prices for birds and eggs. Book 
postpaid, 10 cents. Calendar for 1903 on cover. 
B. H. GREIDES, KHEEMS, FA. 
FOR NOTHING. 
^'e have paid that Bum several tiroes i 
for ten loformatlun ibaa li oontalued In out fraud I 
new Uovj to Makt Monty Ufith Poultry anti I 
/neu^ofore.** 8x11 Inchei, ibCpagei. Iiha«1‘. | 
•peolal cbaptere by the best expeiie in the country 
eoveri&f the entire poultry Bubjeot Over dOO Ulus-1 
Iratlons and pbotofraphio rlews of the Largtit and 1 
8foe( 3uoet!»9ful Poultry Ptant$ in this and other | 
eountrles. Tells about the CYPHERS INCUBA¬ 
TORS. It will bt font FREE POSTPAID for ths 
neat 30 day$ to all who mentloxi this paper In wrltlnf. Address nearest olBoa. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR. COMPANY. 
BuffAlo.N.T. ChleAzo.UI. l<o>Un,llu.. New ¥ork,N.T. 
The PRAIRIE STATES 
KEEP AT THE HEAD)' 
More made-more sold- 
moro prizes won than ’’ 
ALL OTHERS combined.' 
Send for catalogue-just out-fln- 
ost_ever Issued.Mention this paper 
r \PRA1BIE STATE INCUBATOR Co„ 
,'H0KER*^CITY5^Pa.’*’,' U.s'.A. 
12 
.80 For 
200 Egg 
INCUBATOR 
Perfect in ooDstrnctioD aild 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalog to-day. 
GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy 
INCUBATORS 
From $6 up. 
;n< 
Best reasonable priced 
hatchers on the market 
Brooders, 94 up. None better at any 
t rice. Fully warranted. Catalog free. 
.. A. BANTA, LIGONIER, IND. 
The Sure Hatch’s Latest 
An automatic, direct acting 
regulator that surpasses any 
other improvement ever made 
in incubators. Send for new lllus- 
■trated catalog and free trial offer. 
SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO., 
Clay Cenier, Nab., or Columbua, Ohio. 
VICTOR 
W INCUBATORS 
Hatch every fertUe egg. Simplest, 
most durable, cheapest first-class 
hatcher. Money back if not i>osi- 
lively as represented. We pay freight. 
Circular free; catalogue 6c. 
tl 
qnegtrtl : 
batches 1733 chicks. One woman 2406. 
One man 2632. Many others do equally 
well with the PEKi’BCTBD HATCH¬ 
ING SYSTEM. Beats incubators. Book¬ 
let free. B. GBUNDY, Morrisonville, Ill. 
SQUABS PAY 
BEAT 
HENS 
Easier, need attention only part oi 
time, bring big prices. Baised in one 
month. Money-makers for poultry 
men, farmers,women. Send for FREE 
BOOKLET and learn this rich home 
Industry. PLYMOUTH ROCK. SO UAB 
CO., 4A Friend Street, Boston, Mass 
HOUDANS 
Our stock direct from the greatest breeder In France. 
Circular. D. B. HOWaTT, New Brunswick, N. J. 
90 
varieties. Any amount Poultry. Eggs, Pigeons 
and Hares. Guide desc. 60-page book, 10c. 
J. A. BEUGPIY, Box 8 , Telford. Pa. 
YOUNG CHICKS 
hatching. 
Shipped safely any distance.' 
Try them instead of eggs for 
VUlevlew Poultry Farm Co., Salem, N.Y. 
y ALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belle¬ 
ville. Pa., Bronze and Wild Turkeys. Lead¬ 
ing varieties of poultry. Prices low. Catalogue free. 
For Sale 
-Hose-comb Buff Leghorns, Rose-comb 
Eggs for hutching from the above stock and Silver 
Wyandottes. A.S. BEEKMAN,South Branch, N.J. 
Breeders’ Directory 
A Foundation Herd of 10 or 20 young registered 
HOLSTEIN COWS is offered at a special price 
by DBLLHUBST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
Hoistein-Friesians ?t^‘ck 
best breeding for sale. Prices reasonable. Every 
animal registered. WOODCBBST FARM, Rlfton, 
Ulster County, N. T. 
m ^ U I CM IP ^ Pdf sale, stock of 
AYRSnlRCO, au ages from 
choice cows, sired by Spotted Lad 6401. 
MAPLE ROW STOCK FARM, Cherry Creek, N.Y. 
REGISTERED GUERNSEY BULLS 
for sale. Dropped April 11,1901; November 22 and 24, 
and December 23,1902. 
J. H. HUNTER, Talley Falls, N. Y. 
Butter-Fat Test Low? 
GUERNSEY BULLS 
will Increase It, and we have several at reasonable 
nrlces. Ages, calves to those 10 months old. 
WILLSWOOD FARM, 
Wills a. Seward. Budd’s Lake, N. J. 
Registered Jersey, Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 90T Liberty iStreet, Pittsburg, Pa. 
1 — » I Purebied Devon Calve* 
Iw, A\ Lb KL at reasonable prices. 
B. J. WIGHTMAN, West Eaton, N. Y. 
Public 
Land and Short* 
Horn Cattle 
Sale 
Eighty-four acres, 12-room house, gas light and heat; 
also furnace, waterwork.s, two barns, etc. 20 head 
registered Short-horn cuttle, horses, tools, etc. One 
mile east of Granville, Ohio, on Newark & Granville 
Electric R. K. Sale MAUCH 26, 1903, at 9 A. M.; 
Cattle sold at 1 P. m.; land sold at 3 P. M. 
A. K. FOLLETT, Granville, O. 
10 
Choice Aberdeen-Angus Bulls for sale. Price 
right. W. H. RINK. Jennerstown, Pa. 
Re^. P. Cliiiias, BerKsbires and C. Whites. 
8 wkB. to 6 mos.. mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return if not 
satisfactory: we refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., Rosenvlck, Chester Co., Pa. 
FOR SALE 
—Choice Recorded Large English 
ice. Write your wants or come. 
E. E. HALL, Stanley, N. Y.,R.F. D.l. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK B'ARM:, Rochester, Mich 
0.1. 0. SWINE 
As good as money will buy 
or scientlUc breeding pro¬ 
duce at prices that famters can afford to pay. 
Pedigree furulshed with even’ animal. Start right 
by ordering a bred sow or a jjair of itigs. 
<i. S. BENMAMIN, Box 11, Portland, Mich. 
In Purebred Scotch Col- 
PRESENT BARGAINS 
J 5 : dog pups, $7 to $10. First come, first served. They 
won’t last long. W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificently 
bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wls. 
JACKS FOR SALE. 
150 Jacks, Jennets and Mules now ready for the 
Fall trade. Some bargains. Address 
BAKER’S JACK FARM, Lawrence, Ind. 
S. C, WHITE LEGHORNS Viy," 
We breed from the large true egg type. Have been 
breeding nine years to make this breed perfect. We 
have over 700 to select from, and offer you the benefit 
of our experience. Send for circular. 
WHITE & RICE, Box A, Yorktown, N. Y. 
S, C. Brown Leghorns, prize-winners, 
$1.60 per 15. W. Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, great 
layers; pullets lav at 4 to 5 months. Each 60 cents 
per 15. MRS. C. C. ATWELL, Durham, Conn. 
nnnifCDCI O-Oholce W. Wyan., P. Rocks 
UUIlnELnCLd Brahmaa, Cochins, Leghorns, 
from prize-winning stock. 23 varieties of land ana 
waterfowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Big catalogue 
free. PINE TREE FARM, Box T, jamesburg, N. J. 
MEADOWVALE FARM 
Plymouth Bocks, Single-Comb White Leghorns 
and Pekin Ducks. Eggs and stock for sale at 
reasonable prices. Address 
LEWIS E. BENEDICT, LuthervHle, Md. 
IJWh. Wyan. Superior layers. Eggs from selected 
stock. $1 sitting. A. Ij. Page, Palmyra, New Jersey. 
W HITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. Eggs, 15 $1; 
50 $2.75; 100 $5. Mrs. W. Scott, Sabillasville, Md 
B red to lay.—S. C. W. & Br. Leg., W. Wyau. Eggs. 
Cat. Peters. Van Schaack, Coxsackie, N, Y. 
W Hl'l’E IVT'ANDOTTES, no fancy; bred for 
business: brown eggs; bread-winning strains; 
600 layers; $1.50i)erl5; ^5 per 100: $48 i)er 1,000. Stock 
for sale. J. A. DeMAR, Silver Lake, Mass. 
owls for Sale 
White Wyan., P. Bocks and 
Leghorns. Stamp. Eggs, $1 
White Plymouth Rock Sggs for Hatch 
Ing; 13 for 50c. J. M. Thorniiey, Marietta, Ohio. 
Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes 
Eggs for hatching. $;i per 100. 
C. A. HALL, Oak Hill, Greene County, N.' Y. 
Do You Want “Barred Rook” Layers? 
Bred for eggs for 10 years. 135 hens averaged 198 
eggs a year. Eggs, $2 for 13; $5 for 40; $10 for lOf in¬ 
cubator eggs, $6 for 100 ; $10 for 200 . 
J. W. PARKS, BoxK. Altoona, Pa. 
P A AQ for hatching from choice matings of Barred 
kllUd P- Rocks and White Wyandottes. $2 per 
sitting; three sittings, $5. WOODGRKST FARM, 
Kifton, Ulster County, N. Y. 
k—Best Barred and i’lymouth Bock 
Eggs for hatching. Matings from 
Shoemaker and Heller strains. Free range and 
fertile eggs; 75 per cent guaranteed. Prices low.* 
E. W. JENKINS, Dover, DeL 
rppQ ]5,$1; 40,$2. Buff,Wh.,Barred Rocks; Buff, 
LUUO Wh.,Br. Leghorns; Buff, Wh.,Golden Wyau.: 
Black Langshans, Buff Cochins, Lt. Brahmas, Minoi- 
cas,Hamburgs. Cat. H. K. Mohr,Quakertown,Pa. 
C—Single-Comb White Leghorn, the egg- 
C’NJfNJiJ producer; Partridge Wyaudotte, for 
broiler and roaster, Pittsburg and ClCveland winners. 
Eggs from above Leghorns, 15 eggs, $2: 30 eggs, $3.75; 
lOOeggs. $10. Partridge Wyandotte Eggs, 15 egg^$3. 
Above stock are winners and bred from winners. Cor¬ 
respondence solicited. _ 
J. W. WARWICK, Washington, Pa. 
Bronze and Bronze x Wild Turkey,$3 per 
CDlUd doz.; Wh. Wyandotte, Barred P. Kock,Sl. 
Stock large, vigorous, prolific. Utility and fancy. 
Reg. Duroc-Jersey I’igs, $5 up. Italian Bees, $4 up. 
GEORGE ENTY, Templeton, Pa. 
Eggs that Hatch at Cut Prices 
•Distance no objection. We pack In cotton batting, 
which prevents jar and chill. B. Rocks, W. Wyau- 
dottes, B. Leghorns. MT. BLANCO POULTRY 
FARM, Mt. Blanoo,0. 
CAAA—From prize-winning White Wyandottes. 
kUUv heavy-laying, farm-raised stock. $1 and 
$2 per 13; $5 per 100. ROBERT RICH, 
1121 Pleasant Street, Worcester. Mass. 
IQ Hatching Eggs, 75c.; 26 for $1.26; Buff Rocks, Buff 
10 Legs, and R. C. H. I. Red.s. From exhibition Buff 
R., $1.25 & $2 for 13. J.H. Hellerman,Doylestown, Pa 
0 n n Barred and Buff Plymouth Rock Cock- 
ZUU erels and Pullets. Prices reasonable Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Dr. S. C. Moyer, Lonsdale, Pa. 
DADDcn b^'^cK aim eggs 
UnnilLiJ nUuIxu from prize-winners. S^tis- 
faotlon guaranteed. Farmers’ prices. Circular Free. 
J. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa., Box H. 
PULLETS, $IL"'le‘J.$2 EGGSt^r 
Free range. W. IRISH, Poughkeepsie,N. Y. 
